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Chapter 144 - 139: The Forgotten Reward

Chapter 144: Chapter 139: The Forgotten Reward

Xiao Yi looked at her, too surprised to speak.

"What is... what’s going on?" Lair and the soldier also looked in the direction of the gunfire, their mouths agape.

They hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, but... in that situation, no one could have survived!

And Xiao Yi’s reaction had confirmed that!

On Blue Star, Xu Yingguang watched the scene unfold, surprised to the point of hastily standing up! All the other viewers watching the live broadcast were stunned as well.

The broadcast was still live streaming from Xiao Yi’s perspective, so through his eyes, they had just witnessed her death.

But, no one knew what exactly had happened through her perspective.

Why... was she still alive?

"Huff..." And Xu Woshi, the focus of everyone’s attention, breathed a sigh of relief, "Thankfully, I made it in time."

Despite her clothes being covered in dark red blood, Xu Woshi herself did not have a single scratch on her.

This only added to the confusion.

The only one on the scene not confused was the Brigadier General. The Brigadier General’s heart was full of nothing but resentment at the moment!

It was because of that woman again; she had thwarted his plans once more!

But, the Brigadier General had no leisure to care about that now; his other hand had been hit by a gunshot again, and the original strain of the virus had fallen to the ground.

Moreover, the vial containing the virus strain had been uncapped by the Brigadier General, so the dark green liquid naturally started to flow onto the ground.

"The virus strain!"

The Brigadier General could not bother with anything else at the moment; without the virus strain, he was as good as dead!

But both of his hands had been disabled by Xu Woshi, so he couldn’t pick up the vial from the ground. Thus, the Brigadier General had only one choice.

He hurriedly smashed his face to the ground, stuck out his tongue, and desperately licked the dark green liquid off the floor.

"...!" Lair also snapped back to the situation at hand as the Brigadier General was about to take the second lick; he quickly kicked him aside and sealed the vial’s opening with his remaining hand.

Thankfully, Lair reacted quickly enough, and there was still a small amount of the dark green liquid left in the vial.

The soldier then also came to his senses and hurriedly drew his gun, trying to seize the virus strain back, but even with only one hand, Lair was still a step faster.

Lair shot the soldier dead and then turned his gun on the Brigadier General, emptying an entire magazine!

Xiao Yi did not pay attention to the commotion; he just looked at Xu Woshi, who walked up to him with an indifferent face, as if nothing had happened, and asked in confusion,

"Xu Woshi, you..."

"Dead?" Xu Woshi also showed a troubled expression, "Well... I’m pretty sure I did die, but somehow, I’ve been resurrected."

"Resurrected?" Xiao Yi grew even more puzzled.

Death is irreversible, just as surely as one dies when killed; it’s not just a saying, but a fact.

Yet Xu Woshi claimed she had been resurrected. Could it be that there was something with Divinity present here?

In fact, Xu Woshi’s resurrection was the result of a power greater than herself.

Xiao Yi had forgotten that he had received such a reward the first time he cleared the instance.

[Completion Reward 50%: The Chosen One may be spared from one death caused by the challenge of the instance.]

This reward was, in fact, useless to Xiao Yi.

But the reward did not specify that only Xiao Yi’s death could be spared; it was for the Chosen One.

And Xu Woshi was also a Chosen One.

Thus, the power of the rules spared Xu Woshi from death, allowing her to revive.

"I’m not quite sure myself," said Xu Woshi. "But, to be alive is to be alive, after all, I did help you out a lot, and I can continue to be of help!"

"...Yes," The doubts and emotions in Xiao Yi’s heart cleared away instantly. It was enough that Xu Woshi was still alive.

Xu Yingguang also breathed a sigh of relief, his thoughts aligning with Xiao Yi’s, and then he slumped back into his seat, completely drained.

But then, Xiao Yi said to Xu Woshi, "However, you didn’t actually help with anything."

"...How can this be!?" Xu Woshi exclaimed in dissatisfaction, "I risked my life to secure that vaccine!"

"Idiot." Xiao Yi said, "You’re much more important than those things; keeping yourself safe is the best help to me,"

"...Is that so?" Xu Woshi asked, tilting her head in confusion.

Xiao Yi continued, "Anyway, never gamble with your life again, alright?"

At this point, Lair had packed the viral strain and vaccine back into the box and walked over to Xiao Yi and the others.

"Phew... It looks like it’s finally over." Lair said, handing them the box, "Take it, the viral strain and vaccine are inside. Hurry and leave the city with them."

"Okay, sure." Xiao Yi accepted the box.

At that moment, they finally had the viral strain and vaccine, achieving half of their mission objectives.

It was then that Xiao Yi and Xu Woshi heard the system’s notification.

[Virus strain and vaccine detected in the possession of the Chosen One. Ensure they are carried to the designated location. Upon arrival, the instance will be cleared.]

Soon after, the specific location was clearly indicated for them—an instruction even those who couldn’t tell left from right could understand.

However, it was at this moment that the piercing, alarming laughter reached the trio’s ears.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Do you really think you can escape?"

The voice belonged to the Brigadier General, already hoarse.

"This guy!" Lair exclaimed in shock, "He’s still not dead?"

"It’s useless." The Brigadier General slumped to the ground, eyes filled only with manic ferocity, "The military has been monitoring this place the whole time! They must have noticed my failure and are surely ready to bomb the entire city! You can’t escape! Everyone will die!!!"

"Go, quickly!" Lair urged again, "If you hurry, there’s still time!"

"..." However, Xiao Yi and Xu Woshi stood still.

Indeed, they were close to the location specified by the system and they did have enough time to leave, but... they chose not to.

"Lair, is there any way to stop this?" Xiao Yi asked.

"You... Are you serious?" Lair widened his eyes.

"Of course." Xu Woshi said, "Haven’t we said we’d save the city?"

"..." Lair looked into their eyes and eventually let out a resigned smile, "It seems I can’t persuade you. Time is of the essence, I’ll explain as quickly as I can!"

As he spoke, Lair opened another box, which contained a device similar to a computer.

Lair tapped on the keys with one hand, explaining:

"This box contains a device capable of countering communication disruptions. I’d been able to use a secure line because of this! Now, I’ll adjust the device to fully counter the disruptions. Messages from within the city will be able to get out! Those military profiteers surely won’t dare to bomb us then! They live off the taxes of the people, after all. They wouldn’t dare do something that affects so many lives!"

"...What!?" The Brigadier General panicked, "How do you know about that!?"

Lair replied, "I wasn’t just playing your dog for nothing!"

"Damn it!"

The Brigadier General knew his end was near, so, at the very least, if he was to die, he wanted those damn fools to join him!

Consequently, the weakened Brigadier General’s mind erupted with an intense desire—he had to make these three people die!

Suddenly, at that moment, the Brigadier General felt as if something responded to his wish.

"Hehe... HAHAHAHAHA!"

With his last laughter, Xiao Yi and Xu Woshi couldn’t help but look towards him.

"It seems I’ve become an original strain infectee! Even just a mere bite is enough! I now have the ability to control all the mutants!"

The Brigadier General laughed joyfully.

"Kelan City has a population of several million. The mutants in the city right now number at least in the hundreds of thousands! I’m going to command all the mutants in the city to hunt you down! This order will remain effective even after my death! Die! All of you, die!"

Following the Brigadier General’s final laugh, as if his breath had run out, roaring cries erupted throughout various parts of Kelan City!

The Brigadier General’s last command was executed, and the several hundred thousand existing mutants within the city all attacked Xiao Yi and the others!